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The Kung Fu Emperor (1981)
Directed by Pao Hsueh-Li
Action · 1h 32m
Don't expect a long life if you are one of the emperor's fourteen sons! For instance, Ninth Prince meets an "accident" while hunting. The (unnamed) Manchu emperor is old and ill, and speculation about his successor is rife. But the powerful Lord Long, who is not a son of the emp, wants the throne as well. To stay alive, Fourth Prince keeps secret his kung fu lessons and plays the fool. Fourth Prince then leaves palace life to live among the poor. He befriends a ragged band on commoners and, eventually, returns to the palace to prevent Lord Long's rise to the throne after the last prince is killed.
Cast
Ti Lung
Shih Szu
Dorian Tan Tao-Liang
Jang Il-Do
Chan Sing
Fang Mian
Chen Kuan-tai
Hu Han-Chang
Chu Ben-Ke
Wong Ching
Tsai Hung
Crew
- Director
- Pao Hsueh-Li
- Producer
- Katy Chin Shu-Mei
Details
- Original title
- 功夫皇帝
- Release date
- 1981-10-03
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Action
- Original language
- ZH
- Spoken languages
- Mandarin
- Countries
- Hong Kong
- Production
- Yuk Fung (H. K.) Production Co., Ltd.